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 ‘Bedrock
Breaks: DJ Hyper’ is the first breakbeat release by
London-based label Bedrock, featuring a diverse breaks mix by
DJ Hyper taking listeners from nu-skool to big beat and funky.
Bedrock is the London club night and record label owned by
Mr. “number one DJ in the world” himself, John Digweed and
John Muir. Confusingly, it is also the name of the Muir/Digweed
production outfit, responsible for prog house hits like
‘Heaven Scent’ and a remix of New Order’s Crystal.
Now to the CD...mixed by breakbeat pioneer DJ Hyper AKA Guy
Hatfield, you know it’s going to be quality stuff. The man
came to prominence with the Y3K mixed CD series on the
venerable Distinctive label, home to Hybrid and Way Out West,
but has since left to start up his own label, Kilowatt.
Bedrock Breaks is a two CD set titled “Heads Down” and
“Late Night/Early Doors”. As the title suggests, disc one
represents the big room sound. It opens up nicely with dark
basslines and gradually moves on to big beat-territory with
Fatboy Slim’s ‘Retox.’ The middle of the disc builds up
with Puretone-’Addicted to Bass’ (Hyper & Rhymes
remix) to a darker sound. Koma & Bones-‘American
Thief’ is somewhat monotonous but makes for a great intro to
the oh so dark Plump DJs remix of Brother Love Dubs-‘The
mighty ming’.
Disc two is the more excellent one and it slides off with
Dangerous Frontiers’ ‘The City’, a great chilled
out track with a sprinkling of warbling synths. Track three is
the supremely uplifting/proggy/mellow Dave London remix of
Trinity Hi-fi’s ‘Turn the lights down’. PMT makes an
appearance with his remix of ‘I Wish You Were Here’
Creamer and K which is also quite tongue-rollingly good. The
Plumps again create all kinds of chaos with BT’s ‘Smartbomb’,
leaving a sickly residue of happiness for everyone.
In all, Bedrock Breaks is an above average offering, with
tight mixing and nice selection and programming. All the big
names are there, Koma & Bones, Rennie Pilgrem, Plump Djs,
Tipper plus a fair selection of Hyper’s own remixes. This
would have been an excellent compilation if there was only one
disc.
more at
>>Bedrock
Track Listing Disc One/Heads Down
1. Ils - Next level
2. Mad Dogs - Sudden journey (Hyper & Rhymes remix)
3. Terminalhead - Give me head
4. Fatboy Slim - Retox (Gettin freqy with Fatboy mix)
5. Waveform - The joint
6. Puretone - Addicted to Bass (Hyper & Rhymes remix)
7. Rennie Pilgrem - A place called acid Part 2
8.Koma and Bones - American thief
9.Brother Love Dubs - The mighty ming (Plumps mix)
10.Minuteman - Lo life
11.Dark Globe feat. Boy George- Auto erotic (Waterbed mix)
Disc two:Late night/early doors
1.Dangerous Frontiers-The city
2.Tek Jam & Inzekt-Premiere
3.Trinity Hi-Fi-Turn the lights down (Dave London remix)
4.John Creamer & Steaphane K-I wish you were here (PMT
mix)
5.Ascender-Altitudes(Hyper & Rhymes remix)
6.Meat Katie-Future Abuse
7.Stir Fry-Breakin on the streets
8.Stisch-Television popper
9.BT-Smartbomb (Plump DJs)
10.Tipper-Brunt
11.Radioactive Man-Radio eins (Mix 1)
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